Political outsider trend in politics is growing

A handful of so called, “political outsiders,” won their respective races on Tuesday night. Eric Grietens and Josh Hawley among them.

Political experts say the recent “outsider” trend has been around since George Washington’s term. Voters will tend to see the outsider candidate card when there are multiple candidates running who are trying to differentiate themselves. While it may be appealing to some voters there are risks.

Marvin Overby has worked in politics for more than 20 years, and says although candidates that claim a political outsider, will give an outside perspective to things but it can still be difficult to fulfill some promises.

“Voters get their expectations built up, saying things will things will change, but that’s a difficult thing to make happen. If you don’t fulfill it, people will start to not trust the system.”

Looking at both candidates running for the Governor’s seat, a majority of large donations came from out of state. Former campaign manager, John Hancock, and now Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party says, “Missouri allows outside donors to donate, and it opens up opportunities for political outsiders to donate, and build an organization.”

Hancock also tells ABC 17 News that the reasons you see other states donating to Governor races, is because it allows their causes to be put on the forefront.

Experts say the Governor race in Missouri is one of the most important in the U.S.